Print Server
Bosco836
port) that supports both Mac OSX and XP?
I was looking at the DP-300U from D-Link however the support is for
Windows only. Has anyone had any luck getting this to work with OSX
(Leopard)???
- Thanks
Claude V. Lucas
I was able to get a 2 USB port Belkin TCP/IP print server to work
with both Windows & OS X CUPS. It wasn't officially supported
for OSX, but by configuring CUPS to print to a socket it works.
I don't see why one with a parallel port wouldn't work too.
They are seen on the network as an IP address & port combination.
192.186.1.104:9100 is the first USB port on mine, 192.186.1.104:9101
is the second...
Nobody try and hack my printers now that I published the addresses :^)
Printing is fine, but other activities such as faxing & scanning
on multifunction devices are specifically mentioned in TFM to
not work.
Buy the D-Link somewhere where you can return it if it doesn't work.
Bosco836
> In article <808a683f-e0d9-4a14-b5bf-194798e99...@27g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
Bosco836
I am aware that the MFP part won't work. Thats not an issue as I can
connect that directly via USB should the need arise.
Thanks for your input.
- Adam
On Jul 23, 11:46 am, clau...@sonic.net (Claude V. Lucas) wrote:
> In article <808a683f-e0d9-4a14-b5bf-194798e99...@27g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
>
bi...@mix.com
I haven't used this one, but if you look at the notes here -
http://support.dlink.com/products/view.asp?productid=DP%2D300U
And here -
http://support.dlink.com/products/view.asp?productid=DP%2D300U%5FrevB
My guess is it should be ok. I have used the smaller, USB only
version of this (DP-301) before Leopard was released (IPP and
Apple Rendezvous support were added in Jan, 2004) and it worked
ok.
I'd suggest looking for the Rev B model, which can be checked by
looking at the bar code labels on the box.
Billy Y..
Bosco836
PSC 1510 (I am aware that the MF part of the printer wont work) even
though they arn't officially supported?
On Jul 23, 2:01 pm, bi...@MIX.COM wrote:
bi...@mix.com
> Thanks. Any idea if this will work with a LaserJet 4M plus or an HP
> PSC 1510 (I am aware that the MF part of the printer wont work) even
> though they arn't officially supported?
I don't know, but it's worth trying if you can get the print server
from a place where it's easy to return if it doesn't work.
Billy Y..
Matthew T. Russotto
Claude V. Lucas <cla...@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>I was able to get a 2 USB port Belkin TCP/IP print server to work
>with both Windows & OS X CUPS. It wasn't officially supported
>for OSX, but by configuring CUPS to print to a socket it works.
>I don't see why one with a parallel port wouldn't work too.
>They are seen on the network as an IP address & port combination.
>192.186.1.104:9100 is the first USB port on mine, 192.186.1.104:9101
>is the second...
>
>Nobody try and hack my printers now that I published the addresses :^)
Ha. You thought that by transposing two digits in the address you'd
be safe, but I figured out it was 192.168.1.104, and now your printer
is MINE, MINE!
--
There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can
result in a fully-depreciated one.
Claude V. Lucas
Matthew T. Russotto <russ...@grace.speakeasy.net> wrote:
>In article <4887523d$0$17146$742e...@news.sonic.net>,
>Claude V. Lucas <cla...@sonic.net> wrote:
>>
>>I was able to get a 2 USB port Belkin TCP/IP print server to work
>>with both Windows & OS X CUPS. It wasn't officially supported
>>for OSX, but by configuring CUPS to print to a socket it works.
>>I don't see why one with a parallel port wouldn't work too.
>>They are seen on the network as an IP address & port combination.
>>192.186.1.104:9100 is the first USB port on mine, 192.186.1.104:9101
>>is the second...
>>
>>Nobody try and hack my printers now that I published the addresses :^)
>
>Ha. You thought that by transposing two digits in the address you'd
>be safe, but I figured out it was 192.168.1.104, and now your printer
>is MINE, MINE!
Danm.
Caught me.
bi...@mix.com
> Claude V. Lucas <cla...@sonic.net> wrote:
>
> >Nobody try and hack my printers now that I published the addresses :^)
>
> Ha. You thought that by transposing two digits in the address you'd
> be safe, but I figured out it was 192.168.1.104, and now your printer
> is MINE, MINE!
I suppose I should mention that a rather large number of printers are
on routable networks and accessable to anyone. They are also easy to
find with a search engine. I noticed this just looking for some info
on HP's print servers. So... If you are using routable addresses, be
careful, and at least set a password, if not filtering the outside
world at your firewall.
Billy Y..
Mr. Uh Clem
Yeah, I used one with Tiger to access an old HP4L printer on a
parallel port and an HP color MFD on a USB port (print only).
I think I had raw TCP set up. I probably still have the configs
in my old iBook if you are interested.
--
Clem
"If you push something hard enough, it will fall over."
- Fudd's first law of opposition
Bosco836
If you wouldn't mind sending me those config files, that would be
great.
Mr. Uh Clem
> If you wouldn't mind sending me those config files, that would be
> great.
>
I would have no idea where I would find files.
Looking at the CUPS config for this printer, I see
Device: Applocket/HPJetDirect
DeviceURI: socket://printserver/?bidi
Make: HP
Model: HP Laserjet 4L - ...
"printserver" is the host name of my DP-300U. IIRC,
this configuration is using a raw TCP socket at port
9100 to address LPT1.
Sorry, for the slow response, I lost track of this thread...
Mr. Uh Clem
> Bosco836 wrote:
>> If you wouldn't mind sending me those config files, that would be
>> great.
>>
>
> I would have no idea where I would find files.
>
> Looking at the CUPS config for this printer, I see
>
> Device: Applocket/HPJetDirect
> DeviceURI: socket://printserver/?bidi
>
> Make: HP
> Model: HP Laserjet 4L - ...
>
>
> "printserver" is the host name of my DP-300U. IIRC,
> this configuration is using a raw TCP socket at port
> 9100 to address LPT1.
I just fooled around with the printer defs on my Leopard system.
Bonjour automagically found all three ports on the DP-300U. So
all you have to do is select a port and select an appropriate
printer driver for the attached printer. :)